Therapy for a Vampire

Name: Therapy for a Vampire
Genre: Horror, Comedy
Released: June 10, 2016
Duration: 87 min
Rating: 50

2016

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Music Box Films | Release Date: June 10, 2016 | Not Rated

Summary: Vienna, 1930. Count von Kozsnom has lost his thirst for life, and his marriage cooled centuries ago. Fortunately, Sigmund Freud is accepting new patients; the good doctor suggests the Count appease his vain wife by commissioning a portrait of her by his assistant, Viktor. But it’s Viktor’s headstrong girlfriend Lucy who most intrigues theVienna, 1930. Count von Kozsnom has lost his thirst for life, and his marriage cooled centuries ago. Fortunately, Sigmund Freud is accepting new patients; the good doctor suggests the Count appease his vain wife by commissioning a portrait of her by his assistant, Viktor. But it’s Viktor’s headstrong girlfriend Lucy who most intrigues the Count, convinced she’s the reincarnation of his one true love. Soon, the whole crowd is a hilarious mess of mistaken identities and misplaced affections in this send-up of the vampire genre, proving that 500 years of marriage is enough. [Music Box Films]… Expand

Director: David Rühm

Genre(s): Horror, Comedy

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 87 min

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April Wolfe

Jun 9, 2016

The strongest aspect of Therapy for a Vampire is its exquisite visual homage to the vamp films of old, and also the screwballs. Read full review

Tirdad Derakhshani

Jun 24, 2016

A stylish, painterly picture that evokes classic horror films from the 1930s. Read full review

John DeFore

Jun 9, 2016

Ruhm's lively pace keeps the plot's essential silliness from growing tiresome, even if it never kicks into the high-octane farce the picture seems to seek. Read full review

Manohla Dargis

Jun 9, 2016

It has little bite and not nearly enough laughs or thought. Read full review

Mick LaSalle

Jun 23, 2016

Therapy for a Vampire has nothing to say. It just has stuff happening, none of it repulsive and all of it performed by competent actors, but that’s just not enough. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Peter Sobczynski

Jun 10, 2016

The latest film to attempt to find the lighter side of bloodsuckers and it even adds a reasonably inspired idea into the mix. Alas, the result is a thoroughly mediocre movie that is never as amusing as it should be. Read full review

Owen Gleiberman

Jun 14, 2016

If a diagram were the same thing as a script, then Therapy for a Vampire might be a smashingly silly lark. But as written and directed by Daniel Ruehl, the film is a blueprint of mild anemic kitsch. Read full review

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Beecee

Jun 27, 2016

The idea - to have a vampire analyzed by Sigmund Freud due to the breakdown of his marriage - is inspired. The post WWI setting creates the appropriate mood. The actor who plays Count Viktor is well cast. However, there just isn't enough to the plot. They don't use the Sigmund FreudThe idea - to have a vampire analyzed by Sigmund Freud due to the breakdown of his marriage - is inspired. The post WWI setting creates the appropriate mood. The actor who plays Count Viktor is well cast. However, there just isn't enough to the plot. They don't use the Sigmund Freud character to full effect. It is very difficult to strike the right balance between humor and horror, and this film doesn't quite get it.… Expand

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tipar

Aug 14, 2018

Kind of... boring and puerile. I could not see the whole thing with full attention until twenty minutes to the end but what I saw did not attire my attention too much.

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